WS File Documentation

Overview

Feature Value
File Extension .ws
MIME Type application/script
Primary Association Windows Script File
File Category Executable Script
Supported Languages VBScript, JScript
Execution Interpreted by Windows Script Host (WSH)
Can Contain Code, functions, procedures
Security Risk Can contain harmful scripts
Editor Any text editor
Encoding ASCII, Unicode
Executable Platforms Windows OS
Accessibility Script can be edited and viewed in text editors
Versioning Depends on WSH version
Automatability High - Can automate Windows tasks
Interact With File system, network, registry
Typical Operations File manipulation, System administration tasks
Integration Can be called from batch files, Scheduled Tasks
Default Script Engine VBScript or JScript
Creation Manually by user or through software
Use Case Automating repetitive Windows tasks